Michael Maddox’s green dream
FARMERS SMELL DIFFERENT from the rest of us. They do. They smell like earth, sweat, the sweetness of berries and the tang of onions, garlic and leeks. It’s a way of life. For the past 20 years Michael Maddox has gladly smelled different, being slave to fork and spade on his farm in the heart…
Have gun, will travel
ON THE SIDE of city buses, large ads show the photograph of a bail bondsman—a big man fiercely scowling at the world. But in his office on Chatham Parkway, bail bondsman Darryl Hansley smiles. The owner of A Bright Day Bail Bond Inc., looks relaxed. He wears a multicolored shirt and a cheery yellow cap,…
Journeys of a Savannah counterculture icon
IN 55 YEARS of marriage, Lee and Emma Adler have established their place in Savannah history as the dynamic duo of the historic preservation movement. When it comes to taking up causes, it can be said that “they wrote the book,” figuratively and literally, on how to stay the course in advocating for community change.…
In full view
SECURITY VIDEO that captured a burglary at the Bull Street CVS also shows that a number of people on foot and in cars passed by the pharmacy’s front door before, during and after the burglary. The Savannah-Chatham Metro Police are looking for the public’s assistance in helping identify the two men, who used a brick…
Elephants Gone Wild
I’ve read that elephants are now exhibiting aggression previously unseen —including raping rhinos on the African savannah. Have we truly screwed up the elephants that much, or is this merely one of those media myths? —K. Honey, Georgetown, Ontario As far as I’ve seen, the most unambiguous claim that male elephants do with some regularity…
No way. Way.
Lead Story The European Union allows fruits and vegetables to be sold only in prescribed sizes and colors (such as its 35 pages of regulations governing 250 varieties of the apple, or rules that cucumbers must be straight and bananas curved). In June, British marketer Tim Down complained that he was forced to discard 5,000…
New releases: The Dark Knight , Mamma Mia!
The Dark Knight It was 30 years ago that the Christopher Reeve version of Superman — still the greatest of all comic book adaptations — was released, and now we have its equal on the other side of the aisle, a saga that’s as dark and deep as its forefather was cheery and colorful. Christian…
Everything else that’s out there
Hellboy ii: The Golden Army Among the more disappointing of these countless comic book adaptations that, if nothing else, have given purpose to the lives of fanboys across the country (that purpose, of course, being to bash anyone who doesn’t completely share their views). That Hellboy II fails to deliver the goods is a real…
Theater: Will the real genius please stand up?
He may head Armstrong Atlantic State University’s Theatre Department, but Dr. Peter Mellon doesn’t get many chances to act. Mellon is happy he has a major part in Proof, a suspenseful drama that opens July 24 at AASU. “I’m having a delightful time with it,” he says. “This is actually quite a treat. “I play…
Matt Toole’s “Kinetic”
The alchemist is a Master of Fire. It is with fire that he controls the passage of matter from one state to another. –Mircea Eliade In ancient cultures, before the spiritual and the practical were forever separated, before Descartes told us that matter is only mass and extension in space, matter was also an aspect…
New Moon rising
MIRIAM AND JACOB HODESH are on a mission. The two have founded New Moon of Savannah, a social venture that mixes business strategy with community awareness and passion. In their short time in Savannah, they’ve made a big impression. “It’s really a testament for Savannah that we’ve got people like them moving here,” says Daniel…
Mike’s movie
ONE OF THE more underrated local talents is Michael Jordan, former WSAV anchor and current PR director for the Coastal Heritage Society, who is also quietly building quite a portfolio as an independent documentary producer. Jordan’s old-school love of history blends with his modern style and willingness to throw himself into a story to make…
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Beware of Barrow Editor, The good news is that Regina Thomas, a progressive Democrat, managed to bring in 24 percent of the vote in her bid for Congress. The bad news is that her opponent John Barrow got 76 percent, especially since Barrow is a “blue-dog Democrat.” Barrow’s voting record has been far more Republican…
“Bye, George”
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Diary of the planet
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
The Afromotive *** It doesn’t get much cooler than this: a ten-piece funk group from Asheville fusing vintage James Brown-style horn lines with West African dance beats and native percussion. Their ability to extend deceptively simple grooves and syncopated guitar and organ riffs into monstrously hypnotic, trance-inducing themes is mightily impressive. Anchored by a 33rd-generation…
Amburgey & Hanson still have the blues
IT’S BEEN 36 YEARS SINCE BOBBY HANSON and Michael Amburgey first started making music together as a team. Yet it took them 31 years to record and release their first album of acoustic, guitar and harmonica-based roots music. That record, 2003’s Honky Blues, harkened back to their earliest days in the Savannah music scene, when…
A chat with Bobby Hanson & Michael Amburgey
What follows are the complete transcripts from my phone conversations with Michael Amburgey and Bobby Hanson in preparation for an article on the release of their second independent CD… Michael Amburgey Q & A: What’s different about this record, compared to your last one with Bobby Hanson? Michael Amburgey: It’s new material, but it’s more…
Savannah Music Fest beats financial predictions
WELL, THE NUMBERS ARE IN, AS THEY SAY, and it looks like the 2008 Savannah Music Festival was a resounding smash. According to Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson, “Every year we judge our overall success on four criteria, each one of which was fulfilled in 2008: artistic quality, critical acclaim, audience and box office…
